Spotted on New Braunfels Police Department’s FB page by Zeke1, was a new police cruiser that was added to their fleet. The Corvette was seized during a methamphetamine trafficking raid, and will now be used for parades, special functions, and community outreach. A contest was held to name the new Texan police vehicle, and the winner was a young child named Chandler Radtke, who unfortunately was unable to ride along inside Coptimus Prime during a parade, but did donate his seat to the the contest’s runner up, Logan Andrist.

Personally, I think it looks more like a Prowl or Barricade, but you gotta admit, Coptimus Prime is a cool name and would make an awesome toy!

Thanks to fellow board member Sockie, we have preview for the upcoming Robots in Disguise 2015 Animated iBook, issue #3. You can see the preview here on iTunes. The book has a release date of Oct 7, 2015, and features an interesting description:

“BUMBLEBEE’s investigation of a mysterious DECEPTICON’s past uncovers a new lead… but unraveling this mystery may not reveal the answer he wants to hear.”

What mysterious Decepticon’s past will be revealed? And how will this affect Bumblebee and perhaps the rest of his team? Click the link to discuss, and stay tuned for futher updates.

Thanks to HK-TF’s Facebook page, we now have in-hand photos of Unite Warriors Grand Scourge. These photos were posted by David Ng, and really show off the awesomeness of this figure. Grand Scourge comes with two purple Ion Blasters, which can combine into one larger rifle, and the Matrix Breaker, (rumored to be so powerful that it can separate the link between an Autobot leader and their Matrix of Leadership) a reused sword from the Beast Hunters Ultimate Class Optimus Prime, and marks the sixth use of this mold.

Thanks to fellow board member, HighCaptSpock, we are able to inform you that you can now pre-register for CybFest NW 2015! CybFest NW is a celebration of the Transformers culture, with a Pacific Northwest twist! This event is to be held at the Kent Commons Community Center in Kent, Washington on August 22.

Unleash the beast! Prepare to Maximize as Optimus Primal or Rattrap, or to Terrorize as Predacon Megatron and Dinobot! Fellow board member, FanimusMaximus has brought us news of a new Battle Tactics Event.

It seems in this event, as an homage to their Basic-class versions in the Beast Wars toyline, Optimus Primal is now a bat and Megatron is an alligator. They never appeared in the show in these forms, but this is a fun nod to their original toys. Also, the honor-bound former Predacon now Maximal has been placed back into the Predacon camp.

“Thanks to a sighting by cybertron.ca member Sun Swipe Prime, we now know that wave 3 Transformers Combiner Wars Voyagers has been released at Canadian retail. Voyager Hotspot and Cyclonus have been found at a Toys R Us in British Columbia.

Also thanks to down_shift for letting us know that wave 3 Transformers Generations Legends have also been released. Viper, Warpath and Groove have been spotted at a Walmart in Ontario.”

Thanks to fellow board member, ezim93, we have information that suggest that next month’s Loot Crate will possibly contain Transformers-related merchandise. The theme for the box is Cyber which would make the raise the possibility of seeing Transformer stuff pretty high.